Posted on 02 March 2023. Tags: Congress, Medicare, Republicans, Social Security, debt ceiling, entitlements
Sixty-one years ago, Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan recorded a 10- minute long recording entitled Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine part of a clandestine “Operation Coffee Cup” campaign funded by the American Medical Association, warning citizens about the dangers of Social Security and a government-sponsored health insurance plan for the elderly.
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Posted in Pushback
Posted on 22 February 2023. Tags: Congress, Democrats, Medicare, Politics, Republicans, Social Security
The Medicare wars are back, and almost no one in Washington is surprised. This time it’s Democrats accusing Republicans of wanting to maim the very popular federal health program that covers 64 million seniors and people with disabilities.
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Posted in Features
Posted on 11 February 2023. Tags: Biden, GOP, Medicare, Republicans, Social Security
When President Joe Biden suggested that Republicans want to slash Medicare and Social Security, the GOP howls of protest during his State of the Union address showcased a striking apparent turnaround for the party that built a brand for years trying to do just that.
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Posted in Health, Finance & Work, Features
Posted on 19 February 2021. Tags: Administration, Biden, Healthcare, Medicaid, Republicans, expansion, red states
President Joe Biden has an unexpected opening to cut deals with red states to expand Medicaid, raising the prospect that the new administration could extend health protections to millions of uninsured Americans.
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Posted in Health
Posted on 22 September 2020. Tags: ACA, Affordable Care Act, GOP, Republicans, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court
Medicare patients would lose enhanced prescription drug coverage. Women would lose guaranteed access to birth control at no out-of-pocket cost.
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Posted in Health
Posted on 27 July 2019. Tags: Drug Costs, Republicans, Trump, plan, prescriptions
The fight between policymakers intent on lowering prescription drug prices and the drugmakers who keep raising them intensified Thursday.
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Posted in Health, Your Money